F1 Thread, 2015 season, sponsored by MardyBum

[KarmaDope]

Thing is, we'll never know.

Give them cars where they dont have to manage the tyres or lift and coast to save fuel then maybe we'll see a proper shootout.

I get the impression though that if that were the case, it would be Hamilton vs Alonso with Vettel some distance back.

[KarmaDope]

Hahahaha, I didnt wanna derail TfT hence putting it in here!

Ah well, shall keep my eyes open for another team dying

Wrong idea completely, Toro Rosso are funded by Red Bull and are not financially under threat 

Did this news ever get released? I dont think I've seen anything over the last couple of months...

[cambridgealex]

Been getting into formula 1 last few races.

A few noob questions/observations:

1) Why don't they just all drive the same car are see who the best DRIVER is?

2) Why are they paired in teams? It's a team sport in the sense that the driver needs a huge team of people behind him obv, but with a "teammate" that he's battling against just as much as anyone else, it makes it kinda clumsy imo.

3) Rosberg seems like a bad loser, Hamilton a bit of a douche but fair play to him anyway, clearly a great talent.

[TightEnd]

Been getting into formula 1 last few races.

A few noob questions/observations:

1) Why don't they just all drive the same car are see who the best DRIVER is?

2) Why are they paired in teams? It's a team sport in the sense that the driver needs a huge team of people behind him obv, but with a "teammate" that he's battling against just as much as anyone else, it makes it kinda clumsy imo.

3) Rosberg seems like a bad loser, Hamilton a bit of a douche but fair play to him anyway, clearly a great talent.

1) some junior formulae do see drivers operating in identical equipment but there are currently four engine suppliers in F1. even fi you gave them all the same engine you'd still have differences in chassis and aero. part of F1s raison d'etre is to push technological boundaries. whilst there is now substantial homeogenisation for cost purposes, its never likely to be fully standardised  

2) its teams first and foremost, with significant prize money for teams who employ thousands. i don't see why its clumsy. some of the great drama in the sport is the tension that having to beat your team-mate creates, and the fall outs it produces. eg senna-prost and more recently vettel-webber and hamilton-rosberg (at times)

3) rosberg knows that he has the best car in the last two years but isn't quite as quick as lewis and probably just as importantly not quite the racer in terms of being overtake him consistently on track. not quite ruthless enough. understandably he is frustrated. i expect there will be a humdinger of a battle with ferrari next year, they will improve again and he knows he has no shot of beating lewis and vettel. his best chance was when he only had his team-mate to beat

[cambridgealex]

Been getting into formula 1 last few races.

A few noob questions/observations:

1) Why don't they just all drive the same car are see who the best DRIVER is?

2) Why are they paired in teams? It's a team sport in the sense that the driver needs a huge team of people behind him obv, but with a "teammate" that he's battling against just as much as anyone else, it makes it kinda clumsy imo.

3) Rosberg seems like a bad loser, Hamilton a bit of a douche but fair play to him anyway, clearly a great talent.

1) some junior formulae do see drivers operating in identical equipment but there are currently four engine suppliers in F1. even fi you gave them all the same engine you'd still have differences in chassis and aero. part of F1s raison d'etre is to push technological boundaries. whilst there is now substantial homeogenisation for cost purposes, its never likely to be fully standardised 

2) its teams first and foremost, with significant prize money for teams who employ thousands. i don't see why its clumsy. some of the great drama in the sport is the tension that having to beat your team-mate creates, and the fall outs it produces. eg senna-prost and more recently vettel-webber and hamilton-rosberg (at times)

3) rosberg knows that he has the best car in the last two years but isn't quite as quick as lewis and probably just as importantly not quite the racer in terms of being overtake him consistently on track. not quite ruthless enough. understandably he is frustrated. i expect there will be a humdinger of a battle with ferrari next year, they will improve again and he knows he has no shot of beating lewis and vettel. his best chance was when he only had his team-mate to beat

It's clumsy because in what sense are they actually teammates? On the track LH wants to beat NR just as much as anyone.

[arbboy]

F1=WWE on wheels.  Sham of a 'sport' imo.

[Doobs]

http://bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/34622031

Liked this article, particularly liked

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire".

[Tal]

http://bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/34622031

Liked this article, particularly liked

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire".

The best writer on the bbc website; the only person above Peston for me.

[TightEnd]

Red Bull and the engine mess

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12475/10054138/how-did-red-bull-get-in-this-mess

[TightEnd]

Red Bull will run TAG Heuer-branded Renault engines in 2016. Full story >> http://f1.com/1OC1qvd  #F1

[Longines]

Really glad to see Renault buying Lotus. Lots of great people at Enstone and they deserve better owners.

[DungBeetle]

Wasn't Lotus the old Renault team when Button and Trulli were there (and Alonso before that)?  So Renault are now buying it back?

[TightEnd]

Wasn't Lotus the old Renault team when Button and Trulli were there (and Alonso before that)?  So Renault are now buying it back?

Toleman to Benetton to Renault to Lotus and now back to Renault

[TightEnd]

Merc & Ferrari's stranglehold on rule-making risks "destroying" F1, Ecclestone says, among other provocative things

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35059767

[neeko]

Bernie is such a troll.

ferrari can only wave its veto because Bernie gave it too them.